March 25, 2008

Resolving a set of long-pending en banc cases concerning post-Booker realities, the Ninth Circuit in US v. Carty, No. 05-10200 (9th Cir. Mar. 24, 2008) (available here), has given its account on post-Booker sentencing. The Court's many notable bullet points provide something like a restatement of the post-Gall sentencing universe, which makes Carty a must-read for everyone involved in federal sentencing.